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Description
23" (58 cm.) Thick paste porcelain shoulder head with delicate pink-tinted complexion, perfect oval-shaped face with very full thoat and elongated neck, sculpted black hair arranged in center part and drawn around the sides of the head into a braided chignon at the back of her head, and with a wide wing pouf at each side, painted blue eyes in deeply sculpted sockets, red and black upper eyeliner, single-stroke brows, aquiline nose, tiny closed mouth, blushed cheeks, muslin stitch-jointed body, antique silk costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1850. Value Points: the rarity of the early model is rivaled by its compelling presence and elaborate coiffure and painting.